Relocate Now

Building a warm, story-led brand and platform for cross-border relocation

A relocation advisory platform bringing structure to the fragmented international relocation landscape

About the project

Relocate Now was born from Westonbridge, a respected Portuguese advisory firm, with an ambition to turn the chaos of international relocation into a single, manageable experience. Its in-house team of law, tax, and accounting specialists takes on everything from paperwork to housing and even pet transport, so clients can step into the new life hands-free.

The service is built around end-to-end accountability: one team owns the move from first inquiry to final unpacking. Clients get a single point of contact across visas, housing search, banking setup, pet transport, and administrative steps for relocations to Portugal, Spain, and Georgia, with the UAE coming soon.

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Branding
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  • Supported countries 4

  • Active service subscriptions 2,600+

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Relocate Now website on a smartphone resting on a burgundy sofa

Challenge

Cross-border relocation is fragmented by nature — paperwork, legal hurdles, housing, and daily logistics rarely sit in one place. Relocate Now needed a brand, website, and portal that could make this complexity feel manageable while preserving the reassurance people need during a major move. Our task was to bring these touchpoints into one cohesive experience that felt clear, reliable, and human.

Our process

As relocation is one of life’s most stressful decisions, we rebuilt how the service presents itself, moving away from cold, transactional advisory norms toward a warm, story-led brand, a scalable Webflow site, and a client portal engineered for trust and continued growth.

Branding

Relocation advisory sells trust, not just logistics, so we shaped an identity that balanced warmth and reliability, staying reassuring for people facing a major move yet structured enough to reflect the advisory firm behind it.

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Relocate Now house-shaped keychain and a man in a blazer with the R mark

Web design

With the identity set, the site needed to convert the same warmth into a structured journey that earns trust quickly and walks visitors through what relocating with us actually looks like.

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Relocate Now billboard reading The keys to your next chapter

Webflow development

Following the design phase, we translated the vision into a robust Webflow experience, tailored to the client’s needs through custom functionality and a flexible foundation.

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Burgundy phone case with the Relocate Now R mark in a shirt pocket

Portal design

After the website’s strong launch, the Relocate Now team entrusted us with their portal, built to give clients a single space to manage and coordinate their relocation.

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Burgundy leather wallet with the Relocate Now R mark and house keys

Portal development

Going beyond a template solution, we focused on function and flexibility, delivering a platform that was reliable, easy to run, and built to last without ongoing dependency on development specialists.

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Moving boxes with Relocate Now branding at a front door

Results

  • Warm, story-led brand identity differentiated Relocate Now from the cold, advisory-firm tone typical of the category
  • House-shape visual language established a distinctive, recognizable position for the brand across digital and print touchpoints
  • Scalable Google Maps integration prepared the site for launch across three countries — Portugal, Spain, and Georgia
  • Subscriptions grew from 1,400+ at launch to 2,600+, supported by the new brand and trust-forward web experience
  • Self-managed CMS, with inline admin notes and a reference page, let the team publish and update content without developer involvement
  • Portal design organized relocation tasks, key updates, and service information into one clearer workspace for clients
  • Custom backend and admin-panel-driven templates gave the client full control over portal content and functionality

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Our approach

Strong results start with open dialogue. At every stage, we work closely with the client’s team, running workshops, gathering feedback, and refining ideas through multiple iterations. If your product needs the same level of care, contact us — and we’ll help turn complexity into an experience people can understand, trust, and use with confidence.

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“Halo Lab is very organized and methodical in their planning, ensuring goals are met within established deadlines, even when additional features or software customizations are involved. Communication was easy and valuable, making them feel like a part of our internal team project. They exceeded our expectations!”

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Alvaro Araujo Founder & CEO at Relocate Now

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01 Brand discovery & research

A three-day discovery sprint broke down four competitors across visuals, tone, and messaging, exposing where the category felt cold. That insight steered us toward a home-centered, personal-story direction rather than the corporate norm.

Couple holding house keys with a Relocate Now tag

Deliverables

  • Four competitors analyzed
  • Brand research

02 Visual exploration

We explored two directions to give the client a clear brand personality choice. The first, Welcoming home, used house-shaped frames that turned photos into brand assets. The second, Easy adventure, loosened the shapes for a lighter feel. The first concept won the client over.

House-shaped brand forms explored for the Relocate Now identity

Deliverables

  • Two identity concepts
  • Concept presentation

03 Logotype development

The brief called for a memorable, standout wordmark, so we focused our efforts there. We explored five distinct concepts and landed on a tilted, stepping “R” that read as motion without losing weight, paired with a slab serif that gave the mark its playful yet grounded character.

Construction grid of the Relocate Now wordmark with a tilted R

Deliverables

  • Five wordmark concepts
  • Tilted “R” wordmark

04 Brand book

We anchored the visual system in burgundy, ivory, and red tones paired with abstract house shapes, making the brand feel welcoming and true to its purpose. Custom UI icons and a curated photo style helped extend that feeling across every touchpoint, keeping the experience cohesive.

Deliverables

  • Brand guidelines
  • Custom icon set

01 Web research

A three-day sprint analyzed six competitors across service explanation, trust signals, and conversion paths. The findings shaped a storytelling structure that opened with reassurance and walked visitors through the actual stages of a relocation.

Deliverables

  • Six competitors analyzed
  • UX research
  • Moodboard

02 Concept directions

Based on the insights, we presented two design directions: Warm impressions, built on bold headlines, joyful photography, and a house-shaped feature section, and Focused direction, which organized content along a central axis to guide users through the journey at a cleaner pace.

Two website concept directions designed for Relocate Now

Deliverables

  • Two web concepts
  • Concept presentation

03 Animation design

Motion language was drawn from the angled brand elements: scroll-triggered animations rotated house shapes as users moved down the page. Subtle interactive cues kept the storytelling continuous and pulled visitors all the way to the final section.

Deliverables

  • Scroll animations

01 Custom Webflow build

The site was built from scratch in Webflow, with custom JavaScript and CSS where the platform’s defaults fell short. Swiper drove bespoke slider behavior, Remodal powered the modal system, and Google Maps was wired for future location expansion.

Relocate Now Webflow website shown on a smartphone

Deliverables

  • Five pages built
  • Custom JS modules
  • Google Maps wiring

02 CMS configuration & handoff

The CMS shipped with one fully configured page as a working reference, plus inline comments on every admin block. That reference page doubled as a hands-on guide, giving the client’s team a model for future updates rather than just a finished template.

Man updating the Relocate Now Webflow CMS with inline guidance

Deliverables

  • Configured CMS
  • Reference page
  • Inline admin notes

01 Product exploration

With the client’s clear documentation in hand, research wasn’t necessary, so we moved straight into product design. Beyond the existing guidelines, we sourced references for the portal’s local, task-based needs, letting us deliver a solution that matched the company’s vision quickly and precisely.

Relocate Now portal service cards for NIF, residency permit, and tax registration

Deliverables

  • Documentation-led approach
  • Targeted local references

02 Portal concepts

We presented two directions balancing aesthetics and function. The first brought house-shaped elements from the branding into the interface with bold yellow and red, highlighting key features, while the second used a space-saving layout that reduced scrolling and simplified updates.

Two client portal concepts designed for Relocate Now

Deliverables

  • Two portal concepts

03 UX design

Prioritizing clarity and ease of navigation, we rethought the portal’s structure from the user’s perspective. Layouts were structured to reduce unnecessary scrolling and surface key information faster, while interactive elements were placed to naturally draw attention where it mattered most.

Deliverables

  • Wireframes & user flows
  • Interaction design

04 UI design

Visually, we extended the branding’s identity into the portal using simple blocks, house-shaped elements, and the established yellow-and-red palette. To keep the shapes meaningful, we reserved them for key pages, while clean rectangles carried the rest of the interface for a balanced look.

Deliverables

  • High-fidelity UI screens
  • Component library

01 Backend & platform setup

We started by tackling SPP’s core limitations, building a custom backend to retrieve data via API across every page. This foundation let us move beyond the platform’s defaults and shape the portal around the client’s actual requirements.

Diagram of the custom backend built beyond SPP platform defaults

Deliverables

  • Custom backend built
  • API data retrieval

02 Integrations & templating

With the backend in place, we layered in templating and connected the services the portal needed to function, from payments to communication to automated data updates. Each integration was wired into our custom backend for a seamless, gapless experience.

Relocate Now portal connected to payments, communication, and automated updates

Deliverables

  • 3 services integrated
  • 5 pages implemented

03 Development handoff

Finally, we provided the client with a concise, easy-to-follow documentation guide. These instructions empower their team to handle updates independently, keeping the portal relevant and functional going forward.

Couple reviewing the Relocate Now portal documentation on a tablet

Deliverables

  • Client documentation guide

Team

  • 1 PM
  • 1 Brand Designer
  • 2 Web Designers
  • 1 Webflow Developer

Technologies

Figma
Webflow
JavaScript
CSS
Google Maps API
Swiper
Remodal
Service Provider Pro (SPP)
Twig
Stripe
Intercom
Make